At Vote:Individual Working Freedoms

Unterwasserseestaat

Unterwasserseestaat

TNPer
Individual Working Freedoms

A resolution to develop industry around the world.

Category: Advancement of Industry

Area of Effect: Labor Deregulation

Proposed by: Gruenberg

Description: The United Nations,

Strongly reaffirming its commitment to individual liberty,

Believing that individuals should be as free as possible from undue government interference in making decisions governing their personal lives,

Convinced that the issues of when, how often, and for how long an individual works should remain an issue for private negotiation between employer and employee,

Recalling the repeal of Resolution #59, "The 40 Hour Workweek", and the reasons therein given for the weaknesses of the prior document,

Dissenting from the view that one standard working week can be determined as a universal diktat, given the diversity of national economies, the particulars of industries working on cyclical, seasonal or other irregular working patterns, and the varying conditions, demographic, environmental, developmental, and otherwise, of member nations,

Considering any attempt to impose a "one size fits all" manacle of working time constriction as a grossly unfair abrogation of individual freedoms,

Desirous of reaching a fair compromise on the issue:

1. Requires member nations to grant their people the greatest possible degree of freedom in determining their terms of employment, with specific regard to working time;

2. Calls upon member nations to respect the rights of individuals to be free to make choices about their terms of employment, and equally of individuals to seek representation or counsel during such negotiations;

3. Mandates the removal of working time regulations that serve only to reduce individual liberty, and that unfairly remove decision-making power from the individual level;

4. Reserves the right of nations to choose whether to set specific regulations on workweeks and working time in the general public interest, so long as such regulations do not unduly abridge the freedom of individuals in deciding their terms of employment;

5. Endorses policies aimed at delegating decisions concerning working time regulations to the most local level possible;

6. Promotes a healthy harmony of national and individual rights in economic decision-making.

Voting Ends: Sat Sep 9 2006
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Current vote via TG: 1/0
 
This resolution is currently up for vote in the UN.

Please post your views and stance on this resolution below. Note, however, that you must have a UN nation in The North Pacific, or on active NPA duty, in order for the Delegate to count your vote.
 
I vote nay. The resolution aims to deregulate and thereby decrease workers' rights. It claims that these rights should be "negotiated between individual employers and employees", ignoring (or hoping its readers will ignore) the fact that many employers hold far too much power over individual employees for such negotiations to be effective.

Unions are necessary, but they don't replace regulated minimum wages and maximum work hours.
 
C'thul Murgos votes aye.

Unions are necessary, but they don't replace regulated minimum wages and maximum work hours.
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If they're doing their job instead of the government doing it for them, yes, yes they very much do. That statement shows how little faith some can have in people to do what needs to be done. It's like the flag burning debate. Legislation does no good.
 
Voting has now closed on this resolution, with TNP voting in favor as per the majority voting here and via TM to either Unterwasserseestaadt or myself.

Thanks to all who participated!
 
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